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Anyone Running Fiber to their Streamer or Network Bridge?
To answer the question about WiFi- it is potentially way dirtier than an Ethernet connection due to its relatively high RF power output of up to 100mW @ 2.4 GHz / 5 GHz. It can penetrate grounds and cable shields and induce currents there. It can cause audio rectification that shows up as in band audio noise.
Ethernet by comparison is pretty quiet. It is transformer isolated already by design. It runs approx 5V differential and the currents are relatively small. The twisted pair design limits unwanted radiation. The transformers can couple noise across component interfaces, so isolation at the point the signal enters your system is probably a good investment. Analog supplies in the last interface before the signal enters your system also make sense from an engineering perspective. Elsewhere not so much.
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